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Comparison

Fly.io vs Vercel

Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.

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Platform

Hosting model
Managed
Managed
Open source / license
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Open source / license
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Services
CDN
CDN
Compute
Compute
Databases
Databases
Functions
Functions
GPU Compute
GPU Compute
Key-Value Store
Key-Value Store
Managed Databases
Managed Databases
Object Storage
Object Storage
Workflows
Workflows
Workloads
AI Inference
AI Inference
APIs
APIs
Backend Services
Backend Services
Background Workers
Background Workers
Edge Request Processing
Edge Request Processing
Real-Time Applications
Real-Time Applications
Scheduled Jobs
Scheduled Jobs
Static Sites
Static Sites
Web Applications
Web Applications
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Compute Autoscaling
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Preview Environments
Preview Environments
Scale to Zero
Scale to Zero
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments

Development & Execution

Deployment & packaging
Docker / OCI
Docker / OCI
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Runtimes
.NET Runtime
.NET Runtime
Bun
Bun
Custom Runtime
Custom Runtime
Deno
Deno
JVM
JVM
Node.js
Node.js
V8 Isolates
V8 Isolates
WebAssembly
WebAssembly
Languages
C#
C#
Crystal
Crystal
Elixir
Elixir
Go
Go
Java
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Python
Python
Ruby
Ruby
Rust
Rust
TypeScript
TypeScript
Frameworks
Astro
Astro
Django
Django
Express.js
Express.js
Fastify
Fastify
Laravel
Laravel
Next.js
Next.js
Nuxt
Nuxt
Remix
Remix
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Spring Boot
Spring Boot
SvelteKit
SvelteKit

Pricing

Billing basis
Instance based Fly Machines
Plan based Vercel Plans
Software charge
$0.0028 / hour shared-cpu-1x
Plan based Vercel Plans
Starting price
$0.0028 / hour shared-cpu-1x
Unknown
Free entry / commitment
Started Machines are billed per second for provisioned compute and memory stopped Machines retain separately billed root file systems.
Free plan Available in public plans

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
  • Own Network
  • Amazon Web Services
Supported providers
  • Own Network
  • Amazon Web Services
Placement control
  • Regional
  • Customer-Selected
  • Request-Routed
  • Regional

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
Organization roles and scoped tokens Fly.io organizations and applications
Team and project roles Advanced and security roles vary by Pro/Enterprise
Single Sign-On
Required Google or GitHub organization sign-in Fly.io organizations
SAML Pro and Enterprise
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Encrypted application secrets Fly.io applications
Encrypted environment variables Vercel projects, builds and Functions
Encryption at Rest
LUKS-encrypted volumes and managed database storage Persistent Fly.io storage
Unknown
Network isolation & protection
Network Isolation
Firecracker microVMs with no shared guest kernel Fly Machines
Secure Compute private isolated environment Enterprise
Private Networking
Per-organization 6PN WireGuard network Applications are private unless explicitly exposed
Unknown
Assurances & programs
HIPAA
Eligible use Signed BAA and $99/month compliance package required; customer safeguards apply
Eligible use Signed BAA required; eligible Pro or Enterprise account; customer safeguards apply
SOC Reports
SOC 2 Type II Fly.io managed platform
SOC 2 Type II Vercel platform; connected third-party services require separate review